DIET CHART FOR DIABETES
MAY BE TAKEN IN MAY BE TAKEN IN
TYPES OF FOODS FOODS TO AVOID
LIBERAL AMOUNT LIMITED AMOUNT
• Sesame oil. • Butter, Ghee.
Oil (Limit oil to 4 T
• Sunflower oil. • Dalda, Vanaspathi.
spoon OR 20ml
• Saffola Oil. • Palm Oil.
per day)
• Mustard Oil. • Coconut Oil.
• Skimmed Milk [350- • Full Cream Milk.
400ml/day,including tea, • Condensed Milk.
Milk and dairy coffee, and curd] • Ice Cream.
products, • Low fat cheese. • Chocolates.
beverages. • Butter Milk. • Soft Drinks.
• Sugar Free Custard.
• Chicken without skin [3-4 • Fried Chicken.
Medium piece twice a • Fried egg.
Poultry Including
week].
Eggs.
• Boiled egg white [2/week]
• All White Fish • Fried Fish
•Salmon • Crabs, Prawns
•Mackerel • Lobster, Shellfish.
Fish & Sea Foods.
•Tuna
•Sardine
• Catfish
• Lean Meat [3-4 medium • Organ meat like liver,
Meat. pieces twice a week]. Kidney , brain.
• Fried Mutton & Beef
• Green leafy vegetables • Potato, Yam.
• All colored • Colocasia.
vegetables(Yellow, Orange, •Sweet Potato
Vegetables Purple & Green)
Spinach,Broccoli,
Cucumber,Cabbage,
Capsicum,Tomato
• Mix of all colored fruits. • Papaya. • Mango, Banana.
• Orange. • Pear. • Jackfruit.
• Apple. • Grapes 6-8 In Numbers. • Sapota.
Fruits.
• Lemon. • Watermelon. • Ripe Fruits.
• Sprouts. • Sugar Apple.
• Whole grains. • Multigrain Chapatti. • Refined cereal food
• Millet, Oats. • Whole wheat bread. • Noodles
• Red Rice. • Steamed Rice 175gm/day. • White Bread
Cereals • Corn. • Paratha with white flour
• Ragi. maida.
• Gram(1 ½ Cup per Day).
• Gram with coats • Washed dal [Pulses &
• Rajma Legume]
• Beans
Grams & Pulses • Chana 75gm/day
• Green Gram Lunch 25gms
• Soya beans Snack 25gms
• Horse gram Dinner 25gms
• Whole
Puffed dal
rice • Musli, Oats • Samosa, kachori
• Puffed corn • Diabetic Sugarfree • Chips, mixture,
• Flat rice 1/2 cup per day biscuits[2-6 per day] • Pappad
Crispy snacks • Oats Biscuits • Salted snacks
• Green tea [2 cups per • Canned food
day] • Cakes
• Pastries
• Almond • Raisin
(7-10/day) [3-4/day]
Dry Fruits • Walnut
(2-3/day)
8Special Instructions
a) Don’t deep fry foods.
b) Stir fry all vegetables.
c) Don’t use oil that is heated repeatedly.
d) Boiling, steaming and baking are good method of cooking.